Future of gritty BBC drama ‘with obvious parallels to Netflix's Adolescence' revealed
Written once more by the acclaimed Jimmy McGovern, filming is set to start later this year with a view to potentially airing on BBC One in 2026.
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Sean Bean as inmate Mark and Stephen Graham as prison officer Eric in the first series of Time
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Time 2, with Kelsey (Bella Ramsey), Abi (Tamara Lawrance) and Orla (Jodie Whittaker)
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The debut season was set in a men's jail, the second a female-only facility, and this run of episodes will take place in an institution for young offenders.
A TV insider said: 'The parallels between the new show's central topic and Netflix's recent hit,
'Though both deal with adolescent offending and its consequences, the third series of Time would most likely have gone down this path anyway.
'But it is certainly a theme which will prove highly immersive for audiences who have already been introduced to the world of young offenders through Adolescence.
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'It's not clear yet which actors will take the lead in the new show, but the lead roles are guaranteed to be sought after.'
The first series of Time aired on
BBC One
in 2021, starring
Stephen Graham
as a
prison
guard and Sean Bean as a lag.
At the 2022 BAFTA TV Awards, it won Best Mini-Series, while Sean scooped the Best Actor gong and Stephen was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
Season two aired in 2023, also on BBC One, starring
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But before taking us back behind bars, writer Jimmy is likely to be preoccupied with the publicity for his
next
BBC show, Unforgivable, which stars
Set and filmed in Liverpool, the BBC Two and iPlayer fictional drama will look at the impact of grooming and sexual abuse on a family, and is expected to air later this year.
The BBC was approached for comment.
Stephen Graham and Ashley Walters' acclaimed drama Adolescence smashes huge Netflix record by DOUBLE after taking world by storm
Dancers go on the run
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Strictly pro Amy Dowden has been signed up for Celebrity Hunted on Channel 4
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Amy will be teaming up with fellow Strictly pro Carlos Gu on the show
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There'll soon be more than one TV show offering an interesting Strictly pairing.
I can reveal that pro dancers Carlos Gu and
Celebrity
Hunted
on Channel 4.
They'll be joined on the series, which has yet to get an air date, by Love Island hunks
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As they all go on the run, it's likely Amy and Carlos will be lightest on their feet.
The BBC's hunt for the next
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Frank feels the heat
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Comic Frank Skinner ended up in A&E after getting sunburnt on an archaeological dig during the recent heatwave
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It wasn't even for any kind of show, he just decided to take part in an archaeological dig for fun in his own time.
Talking on the latest episode of his podcast Frank On The
Radio
, which has recently dropped, the comic explained: 'I was exhuming an Anglo-Saxon body.
'I was given a grave, you're working away and then a skull appears.
'I really hate sun block so I don't normally use it, I just think: 'Keep an eye on the clock – 20 minutes on my front, 20 minutes on my back'.
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